Religious Affairs Standing Committee

Charge:

The Committee serves as an advisory body to the University with the responsibility of informingreligious diversity and educating the whole person.The Committee:

Collaborates with, supports and advises the Office of the University Chaplain and ReligiousLife (OUCRL) on the constitution and bylaws governing affiliated or parachurch religious organizations or as concerns arise;

Advocates for the OUCRL on campus; Advises the Dean of Students on matters religious and spiritual;

Consults with Academic Deans to create classrooms that can accommodate religious diversity;

Confers with the Dean of the Commons, Vanderbilt’s Head of House and Faculty Directors to create residencies where multiple faiths are celebrated (Easter—Christianity, RoshHoshanna—Jewish tradition, Eid Al-fitr—Islamic tradition, Naw-Ruz—Bahá'í; and variousHindu and Buddhist festivals, for example).